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          In 1980, when Saskatchewan celebrated its 75 anniversary, people were encouraged to take on some sort of commemorative project.   For some unknown reason, one of our neighbours decided to build a castle in his front yard.   In fact, this castle was not “in” his front yard, it “was” his front yard.   Built out of little pieces of lumber, the castle had turrets, battlements, a bridge and it stood over eight feet tall.   Joe worked at his project for months and when he was done he proudly slapped a “Celebrate Saskatchewan” sticker on it for all to see.               The castle remained standing as long as Joe was in the house.   Eventually, however, age forced him to move and the new owners came in and demolished everything.   Last Friday, I walked past the property and, had you not seen the castle, you would never know that it had existed.             About that same time, my Grandpa took on a building project of his own.   He decided that my brother and I needed a place t

           When people hear that I work for a church, they often imagine that I sit at a desk all day reading books and arguing about words.   I hate that!               When people think about church, they often imagine something that is boring, irrelevant and an “endurance test”.   I hate that too!             To me, faith has nothing to do with sitting around arguing about words, or being bored to death.   To me, faith is practical and challenging.   Faith is something that you live and it changes your world for the better.               Peter echoes those thoughts when he writes, “[God’s] divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness… by his own glory and goodness” (2 Peter 1:3).   Everything starts with God and there is nothing we can do to earn our salvation.   However, that does not mean that there is nothing for us to do.               “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowle